Voting-machine.



No. 849,001. A PATENTED APR. 2, 1907. W. J. LAUSTERBR.

' VOTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED 0011s. 1905.

HID "mm WITNESSES:

4.. ATTORNEY.

W I EINVENTOR UNrrEDsr TEs PATENT. oEEIoE.

LAUsT EEE, oF 'JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE U. s. STANDARD VOTING MACHINE OGMPANY, or RooHEsrEE, YORK; A- CORPORATION or NEW. YORK.

NEW

- VOTING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Yatentr Patented April 2, 1O7.

- fapplloationfiled October 6, 1906. SerialNo.281,610.

'ofJamestown, in the county of Chautauqua State of New York, have invented cer-' tain new anduseful Improvements in Voting- Machines; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full,,clear, andexact descrip-- tion of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawmgs, forming apart of this spec1fication,;and to the referencenumerals marked thereon. I "1 This invention relates more particularly to that type of voting-machine in which a movable register frame is used, such as is depatents of A. J Gillespie, in

of keys or 1nd).- cators, each indicating .t

istered simultaneously by the, movement of the register-frame.

My nvention relates more particularly to a device for connecting the nnddle or partinltermediate the ends of the register-frame-to the part of the face-plate opposite'thereto, so

that any tendency on the part of either-the prevented and the register-frame or the face-plate to spring be-- tween the operated ends-is counteracted and parallelism of the parts. is

maintained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is .a detailed perspective V16W, showing the rear side of the frontplate and the moving-register-frame of'the machine. Fig. 2 is a perective detail showing the couplin between s i t e middle of the register-frame an the faceplate. W i v Similar referenceenumerals n the-several figures indicate similar parts.

The machine-teasing so far as shownem-j bodies the face-plate or ballot-board 5, on, .which the ballot-indicators 2'2 are mounted,

the side plates. 6, one only being shown, and.

a bar 7; extendingacross therear ofthe cas Thereg'isten frame (indicated by 1): embodies the top and bottom plates 3 and 4,-

connected by the end bars'or plates 34, and extending between the lates 3.and 4 are the channels 2', containing t e registers, each register havin a pallet ban or actuator: 29, adapted to ec'onnected toits actuator and operated when the plate and frame are moved vtoward; each-other.

aleng under the (p 'vertically-exten e vote for its respective candidate, all of which votes are regshaft 17 of the suitable means may be'employed for cans-- ing this relative movement.such, for instance, as the vertically-movable pivoted levers 35, having studs or rollers operating in "the-slots 36 of the end bars or plates 34.

8 indicates a rod or link pivotally connected at one end to the bar 7 and at-its other end connected to one arm of a horizontal bellcrank.9, pivoted at 30 to the under side of the bottom plate 4 of the register-frame, the

other arm of said bell-crank being pivoted to the end of a link 10. This link 10 extends late 4 and engages with the ing arm of a bell-crank -11, pivoted under the plate 4, and has pivotally connected ,to its other arm the verticallymoving rod 12,,passing through an aperture in the plate 4, and'its upperendj assesfl through bearings in a-suitable gui e 13.

, Formed upon or, as shown, out in the side of said rod 12 is a rack 14, which engages with thepinion 15, carried in suitable bearing or backets '16 integral with the guide 13. The

tally parallelan with the face-plate of the macln'ne, being mounted at its ends invertically-extending plates 01 supports 28, se-

cured to the register-iram'e between the register-channelsZ, and the pinion 15 is broad enou h, so that another'rack 18 can be engage therewith and befree to move trans versely to the rod 12. The bracket 16 of the pinion 15 is made U-shaped, so as to support the rack 18 and hold it in. engagement with the pinion. At the outer end of the rack 18 inion 15 extends horizonis provided a stud 19, which engages with a slot 20, cut in a plate 21, rigidly attached to the face-plate o the machine. This plate may be secured in any suitable manner; but I prefer to provideiit with lugs-25, extending through sultableapertures in the front plate, which lugs ma be headed over-,to secure them, the she ders 26 being seated against the rear side of said plate.

pThe1 parts are so proportioned and ar- I .rangedthat as the register-frame moves for 1ward-the-lrod-12 and the rack 18 m0ve..sufficiently topermit and compel the middle of the frameto movejust as far asdoes the end-of it, and through its connection with the front plate the front plate is prevented from s ringing away from the counter-frarne when the frame is ,moving toward it and from folregister-frame moves away from it there-v verse movement of the parts takes place, and

lowing the register frame when the latter "is moving away from it. In this way com plete operation of all the pallet-bars is se-.

cured whether they are all operated directly from the indicators on the front plateor through the medium of the indorsing bars or connections between. them. As the register-frame moves forward toward, the front plate the bell-crank 9 will be rocked by reason of its connection with link 8. This will in turn move the link 10 to the right and will, through the bell-crank 11, drive the rod 12 up and willrotate thepinion 15 through the rack 14. The pinion 15 will in turn communicate its motion to the rack 18, which in turn will draw on the plate 21 and the front plate of the machine to which it is connected, thus preventing it from springing away materially'from the register-frame as the,

counter-frame advances toward Asthe then the rack. 18 will prevent the front plate from following the frame, so that in both the forward and back movement of the counter frame the pallet bars will be properly operated on,by the 'indicatorscarrie'd on the front plate of the machine.

While my invention contemplates the employment of-other means for maintaining the parallelism of the plate and frame during theiri'elative movements, the for 1 herein, shown is particularly applicable to machines now in use, as it can be ap lied without modification or change -of t 'e parts, the plates or supports 27- extending between the register-channels, thebell-cranks bein arranged beneath the re ister-fram'e and inion and betweent e registers and the ont plate. v I

I claim as my invention 1. -'In a voting-machine. the combination with a plate, the register-frame and means operating upon the ends 'of the plate and frame for causing their movement relatively toward and from each other, of -con' nections between the plate and frame-at their ends and connections intermediate their ends connected for simultaneous'oper ation to maintain the parts parallel during their movements. v

2. Ina voting-machine. the combination with a plate, the register-frame and means for causing their movement relatively toward and from each other, of means auXil- I crating means and connecting the plate an frame at a different point for,

iary to said -mamtaining theparallelism of the parts of the frame and plate.

3. In a votingmachine, the combination of a" late bearing indicators, a relatively mova 1e register-frame, registers thereon and pallet-bars for operating the registers, and with which the indicators cooperate and the positive connectien between the the rearwardly from the -movable rack ,on the frame and the plate preventing a springing of either member-during the movement of theparts. p

4. In a voting-machine, a stationary plate and a relatively movable register-frame, .means for causing relative movement between them and connections at the middle of said register-frame and plate to hold that portion of the plate and the frame in the same relative positions as the ends.

5. In a voting-machine, a plate,-a movable register-frame, connections between the ends of the late and frame for moving them relative y toward and awayfr om'each other, connections between said plate and said frame at a point-intermediate of the ends coordinating with the connection at the ends for the purpose ofmoving said parts uniformly at all points of'co-nnectionf 6. In a voting-machine, the'combination with the casing, the plate, the relatively movable register-frame, abell-crank pivoted on the frame and having one arm connected to the casing, and a'rack'connected to the other arm, ofa rack connected to the plate and gearin and a gear arranged between said racks for causing equal parallel movemerit of the plate and frame.

- 7'. 'In a voting-machine, the combination of the casing, the plate, the relatively mov- 9 5 able register-frame, two bell-cranks pivoted on'the frame and operating at right angles, a linkextending betweendsaid bell-cranks and'connections. between one of said bellcranks andthe frame and between the other and thelate for oausin relatively equaland parallel movements 0' the parts.

8.' In a voting-machine; the combination of the casing, the plate, the relativelymovable register-frame, racks connected 'to and" moving with each'of the parts, a pinion between the racks and connections between the register-frame and thecasing for moving one of the racks as the frame is moved.

9. In a voting-machine, the'combination with the relatively movable plateand register frame, of-a horizontally-extending 'rack connected to the plate, a vertically-movable rack connected-to the frame, the pinion be' tween them and means for actuating the vertical rackrelatively'to the frame when ter-frame, the registermasings on the latter, I

and the snpilort independent oflthe chanwhen the plete and ffame are moved relanels, of the horizontal rack on theplatqthe tively;

pinion journaled on the support, and mesh. I w

ing with the rack, the Vertical reckon the I M LAUSH [LRER' 5. frame also meshing with the pinion and 09n- Witnesses;

nectionsinter'mediate said rack and the plate MARTIN L. BADIIORN,

- for causing the reciprocation of the former 'W. J L BENTLEY. 

